D2 Kamigaito received the Outstanding Student Poster Award at The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science The 2026 Kanto Branch Annual Meeting. Congratulations to her on this excellent achievement!

At The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science The 2026 Kanto Branch Annual Meeting held at the Tokyo University of Science Katsushika Campus, M2 Tsukiji gave an oral presentation, while D2 Kamigaito and M1 Kasahara presented their work in the poster session.

We are pleased to welcome Mana Arashi, Momoka Tamura, and Yukie Nishimura, fourth-year students in the Department of Chemistry, as new members for FY2026. We look forward to working with them.

Chikamatsu gave an invited talk titled “Fabrication and Fluoride Ion Conductivity of Cerium Fluoride Single Crystal Thin Films and Membranes” at 3rd Mini Crossover Seminar on Functional Materials held at SANKEN,The University of Osaka.

M2 Tsuiji presented her research in an oral session at the 73rd JSAP Spring Meeting, held on the Ookayama Campus of Science Tokyo.

At the Future with India Program Kick-off Symposium, held at the Ochanomizu University International Student Plaza, D1 Kamigaito delivered a research presentation representing Ochanomizu University.

At the 4th Inter‑University Chemistry Symposium — jointly organized by Gakushuin University, Japan Women’s University, Ochanomizu University, and Rikkyo University — held on the Ikebukuro Campus of Rikkyo University, D1 Kamigaito and M1 Tsukiji gave poster presentations.

Chikamatsu delivered an invited lecture titled “Recent Developments in Oxyfluoride Thin-Film Research” at the 2025 Young Researchers Seminar of the Nanotechnology Center, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University

At the 19th Fluorine Chemistry Seminar held at Honokuni Toyohashi Arts Theatre PLAT, Chikamatsu gave an invited lecture. At the 48th Fluorine Chemistry Discussion Meeting, D1 Kamigaito delivered an oral presentation, while M2 Nakano, M2 Hagiwara, and M1 Tsukiji presented posters.

The paper on the fabrication of lead oxyfluoride epitaxial thin films has been published in J. Mater. Chem. C. This work is the result of a collaborative research effort with Hokkaido University. “Fluoride-target-assisted growth of Pb2OF2 oxyfluoride films with anion ordering and high dielectric constant”